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Heather Faubert has spent decades working with Rhode Island farmers and landowners to diagnose and manage pests damaging their plants. But when she responded to a call from a concerned resident in...From the Autumn 2023 issue of Living Bird magazine. Subscribe now. Not all bird species on the island of New Guinea are birds-of-paradise. National Geographic photographer Tim Laman happened upon these Ornate Fruit-Doves nestled in... Read more »From the Autumn 2023 issue of Living Bird magazine. Subscribe now. Birds have an uncanny ability to navigate long distances along specific routes, but once in a while, things go wrong: a Townsend’s Warbler that... Read more »From the Autumn 2023 issue of Living Bird magazine. Subscribe now. The American Ornithological Society released its 2023 North American bird checklist supplement in July, and the update to the ornithological community’s official list of... Read more »WASHINGTON (September 27, 2023) – Today the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works voted to advance the Strengthening Coastal Communities Act of 2023, a bill introduced by Sens. Tom...This article was co-written by: Emily Hamel, Jaimi Butler, Sierra Hastings, Janice Gardner, and Max Malmquist.
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About Birds Birding Trips Blogging Conservation Destinations Inspiration Reviews Contact Birding The Pittas of Sepilok September 25, 2023 by Kai Pflug 1 Comment Well I only saw two species , the most common ones at Sepilok , Sabah , Borneo , Malaysia . But they are well worth their own post , even though I cannot really write too much about them . Not that they need many words . anyway One is the Black-crowned Pitta a species endemic to Borneo with a number of aliases including black-headed pitta , nbsp black-and-crimson pitta , nbsp black-and-scarlet pitta , nbsp and black-crowned garnet pitta if you want to identify it by its monograms on its shirts , they always start with the letter B and end with a P The description of this pitta on eBird does its looks justice : Dazzling pittaIn 2023, Arizona, California and Nevada are on track as a group to use less Colorado River water than they have in nearly 40 years, as recently pointed out by John Fleck—renowned author on Colorado...From the Autumn 2023 issue of Living Bird magazine. Subscribe now. The media is awash with stark warnings that artificial intelligence threatens to destroy civilization, yet I’m excited about what AI can do for birdwatchers... Read more »
About Birds Birding Trips Blogging Conservation Destinations Inspiration Reviews Contact Birding Birds Another Endemic Amazona September 20, 2023 by Faraaz Abdool No Comments The islands of the Caribbean are home to 176 species of endemic birds unevenly distributed across the region . Some islands host one or two species , others more than twenty . Many of these species are declining in number , having to share their limited geographical range with an expanding human population without a doubt impedes their ability to proliferate as needed . For some species , conservation actions are well underway and we are seeing some measure of positive impact as a result . On the volcanic island of St . Vincent , a verdant treasure trove of some genuine rarities , efforts to save the endemic St .Painted: 05/10/23
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About Birds Birding Trips Blogging Conservation Destinations Inspiration Reviews Contact Birding The Blood Pheasant September 18, 2023 by Kai Pflug No Comments The Blood Pheasant gets its name from the crimson-colored streaks on its body which apparently to some rather weird or overly imaginative people look like . blood The Latin species name cruentus blood-stained” has the same background Blood Pheasants mainly feed on mosses not many bird species do this as mosses are not very nutritious . But it gets them a paper in the Journal of Bryology bryology is the study of mosses and liverworts I will not pretend I knew this before writing this post When I showed a photo of the Blood Pheasant to a German hunter , he complained that this pheasant has no tail” . And eBird calls it a chunkyStanding six feet high at the shoulder and weighing as much as 2,400 pounds, an American bison is a force of nature on its own. In a herd? “They’re ecosystem engineers,” says Jason Baldes...WASHINGTON – Today Senator John Hickenlooper (CO) and Representative Scott Peters (CA) introduced the Building Integrated Grids with Interregional Energy Supply Act, known as the BIG WIRES Act –...Painted: 09/10/23
About the Mural: This Black Rail looms large next to the Park at LeDroit, a community space in the LeDroit Park neighborhood of Washington D.C. The first Audubon Mural Project...NEW YORK – The National Audubon Society announced today the appointment of Lisette Martinez to Chief Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging Officer (CEDIBO). Martinez has more than 18 years of...On my last night on Seal Island National Wildlife Refuge, I sat in the bright bronze light of a sunset watching the wash of rockweed on the tideline. The only sounds were the lonely bell on a far-off...Climate Week NYC (September 17–24, 2023) is a global platform for all voices working to protect the planet and its inhabitants that’s hosted annually by Climate Group in partnership with the...With a stripped-down but comfortable aesthetic and delightfully rich colors, this is one of our Top Picks.
: About Birds Birding Trips Blogging Conservation Destinations Inspiration Reviews Contact Reviews Birds of Belize Birds of Costa Rica : A Field Guide Review Doubleheader September 8, 2023 by Donna No Comments Two books , two authors , two countries bursting with neotropical avian diversity . Birds of Belize by Steve N . G . Howell and Dale Dyer and Birds of Costa Rica by Dale Dyer and Steve N . G . Howell joined the field guide roster this spring , very welcome in a year sadly sparse in new titles . Since the books share authors and a creation process , I thought I would review them together . Both titles are superlative guides to two popular birding destinations , featuring detailed yet succinct up-to-date descriptions , magical scientific illustrations , and the well-crafted
About Birds Birding Trips Blogging Conservation Destinations Inspiration Reviews Contact Reviews A Photographic Guide to the Wildlife of Seychelles by Chris Mason-Parker September 7, 2023 by Dragan No Comments M had told Bond he was sending him to the Seychelles . Just go and have a look . 8217 M glanced out of the window at the driving March sleet . Don’t get sunstroke . Indeed , there is one distinctly birding connection to this country : a famous birder Ian Fleming , the author of James Bond , visited the Seychelles in 1958 looking for inspiration for his then-latest collection of stories , For Your Eyes Only . Fleming based himself in suite 114 at the Northolme Hotel on Mahe nowadays the Hilton Seychelles Northolme Resort and Spa a secluded hideaway on the northwest coast with
About Birds Birding Trips Blogging Conservation Destinations Inspiration Reviews Contact Birds Trinidad and its Trifectas September 6, 2023 by Faraaz Abdool 2 Comments As mentioned in many other posts on this blog , the avifauna of Trinidad Tobago consists of several species and family groups occurring very interestingly , in threes . I hadn’t noticed this until I began compiling my own book on the birds of T T some years ago , and I thought it rather uncanny . The last time I spoke about this was over a year ago , and if you’re doubting the prevalence of this , take a look at this : list Bitterns  Trogons  Antshrikes  Spinetails  Manakins  Hermits  Honeycreepers  Warblers Myiarchus Over the last few days we have been enjoying daily or should I say nightly
About Birds Birding Trips Blogging Conservation Destinations Inspiration Reviews Contact Birding Storm’s Stork September 4, 2023 by Kai Pflug 4 Comments Take a medium-sized stork , then imagine placing a fried egg over each of its eyes . Color the white of the egg yellow and the yellow of the egg dark red , and you get a close approximation of what Storm’s Stork looks . like The population size of Storm’s Storkis frightfully small according to Birdlife International , there are about 400 to 500 individuals , equating to about 260 to 330 mature birds . It is by far the rarest of all storks and listed as . Endangered These few birds live on the Malaysian peninsula , on Sumatra , and on Borneo the photos shown here were taken at Sukau , Sabah , Borneo , Malaysia It is also by far the stork